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Leading trade magazine releases its annual list of the industry’s 150 largest firms

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ — Lawn & Landscape magazine, a leading trade publication serving the professional landscaping industry, ranked Jensen Corporate Holdings, Inc. the 18th largest landscape company on its recently published Top 150 list. Ranked 35th in 2007 and 22nd [...]

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Company Poised for Expansion in the Lawn Care Industry
August 19, 2009 Lawn Dawg, Inc. (formerly Campanella & Kelly, Inc.) based in Nashua, New Hampshire www.lawndawg.com announced today that Atlanta based Brighton Partners, LLC has completed a recapitalization of its lawn care operations acquiring a 70% stake in the business while providing significant working capital to [...]

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – TruGreen has acquired Nutri-Turf and Easy Chair Lawn Care, expanding its footprint in Ohio and Michigan and adding more than 10,000 customers to the TruGreen roster.
Both Nutri-Turf and Easy Chair Lawn Care will be folded into [...]

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AUGUST 21, 2009, St. Louis, Missouri…Stratus Building Solutions, the nation’s fastest-growing international brand in the building services and maintenance franchise industry, has entered the Lone Star State by awarding a new Master Franchise to brothers Mark and Jayson Bashforth called Stratus Building Solutions of Houston, LLC.\
Pete Frese, President of Stratus Building Solutions, said, “Mark and [...]

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Combination Creates Nation’s Largest Homebuilder with Unmatched Brand Portfolio Company Expects to Realize $350 Million in Synergies and Cost Savings Tender to Retire Up to $1.5 Billion of Debt Maturities in Process
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., Aug 18, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Pulte Homes (NYSE: PHM) and Centex Corporation (NYSE: CTX) announced [...]

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LONG BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The ongoing economic drought has bypassed Long Beach-based Growing Roots™, a full-service interior plantscaping company that recently completed the process of franchising its system and is offering franchise opportunities to small business entrepreneurs across the U.S.
Growing Roots™, an [...]

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New Canaan, Connecticut, August 2009 — Gridiron Capital, LLC announced the acquisition of Dolphin Landscape, Inc. by its portfolio company Yellowstone Landscape Group, Inc. Dolphin Landscape is a commercial landscape maintenance company headquartered in West Palm Beach, FL, serving Martin, Palm Beach and St. Lucie counties. Dolphin Landscape was merged into Austin Outdoor, LLC, a [...]

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BOCA RATON, Fla., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Sunair Services Corporation (NYSE Amex: SNR) announced financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2009.
Revenues from continuing operations for the third quarter ended June 30, 2009 were $13.1 million, compared to revenues of $14.7 million for the third quarter of the prior year. The Company [...]

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BUNNELL, FL — Austin Outdoor, a Yellowstone Landscape Group company, expanded its Florida presence through a merger with Dolphin Landscape, a commercial landscape maintenance company headquartered in West Palm Beach, FL, serving Martin, St. Lucie and Palm Beach counties. All members of the Dolphin Landscape team have joined the Austin Outdoor team, expanding resources and [...]

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Slow-going for Urban Outfitters’ Garden Center Brand
I recently had the opportunity to visit Terrain at Styers, the up-scale garden center plus operated by mall retailer Urban Outfitter, Inc.  It wasn’t a planned visit, but when I drove by the site, I had to stop.
Terrain at Styers is a very engaging place.  It offers a nice [...]

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